Chapter 85 Cultivation Forces
The Liu family of the Southern Han Dynasty: At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yin, the military governor of the East Road of Lingnan, gradually pacified some separatist forces there. Later, he occupied Lingnan from Yongzhou (now south of Nanning, Guangxi) in the west to Chaozhou (now in Guangdong) in the east. vast area. In the third year of Zhenming in the Later Liang Dynasty (917), his younger brother Liu Yan proclaimed himself emperor, and the country was named Yue. It was soon renamed Han to distinguish it from the Northern Han Dynasty, so the world called it the Southern Han Dynasty. The supporters of the cultivation world behind the Southern Han Dynasty were the Buddhist forces headed by Puji Temple and Pure Land Sect.
The Li family of the Southern Tang Dynasty: At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Xing secretly occupied Huainan for 2 years. He was granted the title of King of Wu by the Tang Dynasty and his capital was Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province). At that time, general Xu Zhigao held great power, and in 927, Xingmi's son, King Yang Pu of Wu, proclaimed himself emperor. In 937, Xu Zhigao deposed Wu Emperor Yang Pu and proclaimed himself emperor. The country's name was Da Qi and changed to Yuan Heng Yuan. The following year, he changed his name to Li Min, changed the country's name to Tang, and was called Southern Tang in history. His capital was Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). The Southern Tang Dynasty included present-day Jiangsu, Jiangxi, southern Anhui, southeastern Hubei and other vast areas. The supporters behind it were righteous cultivators led by Maoshan Sect, Chongyang Sect, Tianjian Sect, Buddhist Zen Sect, Sanlun Sect and other Buddhist sects.
Qian family of Wuyue: Qian Liu occupied the Hangzhou area in the late Tang Dynasty. Later, he annexed eastern Zhejiang and occupied more than 10 states in two Zhejiang provinces. Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty appointed him as the governor of Zhenhai and Zhendong. In 907, the Later Liang Dynasty established by Zhu Wen named him King of Wuyue. Wuyue had a small territory and was adjacent to the powerful Wu (later the Southern Tang) to the north. Qian Liu promised his descendants and kept friends with the Central Plains court for generations to contain the intrusions of Wu and the Southern Tang Dynasty. The supporters behind it are Daming Temple, Wujimen, Putuo Temple, Qinqin Temple and other righteous practitioners.
Duan family in Dali: Dali was originally the backbone of the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty. In 902, Zheng Maisi, a powerful minister of Nanzhao, launched a palace coup and established the Dachanghe Kingdom. Nanzhao was destroyed, and civil strife has continued since then. In 927, Datian Xingguo and Dayi Ningguo were established successively. In 937, Duan Siping, the governor of Tonghai, united with the thirty-seven tribes in eastern Yunnan, marched into Dali, overthrew the Dayi Ning Kingdom, and established the Dali Kingdom. The supporters behind it are the "Alliance of Ten Thousand Demons" in the Shiwan Mountains and the more enlightened cultivators in the Wumen of Southern Xinjiang.
The Khitan people living in the Xilamulun River Basin in the northern grassland. In the same year that the Tang Dynasty fell, Yelu Abaoji unified the eight Khitan tribes and became increasingly powerful. In 916, the Khitan Kingdom was established. In the late Tang Dynasty, the Khitan attacked and destroyed the Bohai Kingdom and fought southward for the Central Plains. Later, the country's name was changed to Daliao and then to Datong in the Yuan Dynasty. The supporters behind them are both the Demon Sect forces headed by the Northern Demon Sect and the Eastern Demon Sect. The other righteous sects can only protect themselves under the powerful oppression of the Demon Sect, and their lives are miserable.
The Tubo Kingdom, which has lived on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for a long time, is now on the verge of civil strife. There are also threats from the Xianbei and Uighurs outside, so it is unable to participate in the invasion of China. There are two supporters behind Tubo. One is the Tibetan Buddhist forces headed by Tantric Buddhism and the lamas of the Potala Palace. They have been rooted in Tibet for many years and are deeply rooted. They have exquisite Buddhist teachings and many masters, but they have always kept a low profile and did not do anything. Commonly known;
The other side is the Demonic Cultivator Alliance, which is a coalition of side sects and evil cultivators headed by the Western Demonic Cult. They have many people, and the world is in chaos. This chaotic situation is more suitable for the development of demons and evil ways, so their momentum has become more and more powerful. stand up.
Of these two forces, although one has a small number of people, they are both elites, powerful, and have been rooted in Tibet for many years, occupying a favorable location;
The other side has a lot of people, but they are surrounded by mud and sand, dragons and snakes are mixed together, and many of them can only build up their momentum. However, the cultivation methods of demon sects, evil ways, and side sects originally focused on quick success and going astray, so they took advantage of the troubled times to quickly increase their strength and occupy the right time.
The top Tibetan people are also divided into two factions. One side is the loyal believers of Buddhism and supports Tibetan Buddhism; the other side is the careerists and speculators. They also want to grasp power and take advantage of the troubled times to go to the Central Plains to get a share of the pie, so they support The Alliance of Demonic Cultivators; in any aspect, the two parties are equally divided, which is also an important reason for the civil strife in Tubo.
The Uighurs and Xianbei on the northern grasslands are competing for the position of grassland hegemony. The Uighurs are mainly composed of grassland people, with the support of various countries in the Western Regions, and the secret support of masters of cultivation in sects that believe in the Immortal Heaven and Kunlun God;
The Murong clan of Xianbei regarded the leaders of Shamanism and Prairie Buddhism as their national teachers, so they gained their support and were able to stop the Uighur offensive.
The two have been fighting each other for many years, and their vitality has been severely damaged, so they are now recuperating, silently licking their wounds like injured wolves, and preparing for the next war.
Other major cultivation sects, such as the Kunlun sect, which has always claimed to be the leader of the righteous path after the ancient Conferring Gods War, have become low-key since Qin Shihuang led an army to attack and later sealed the mountain with a mountain-driving whip. , there have not been many large-scale activities for thousands of years. They just stick to Kunlun Mountain and its surrounding areas as their own sphere of influence, and do not participate in human affairs. Even the title of leader of the righteous path and the first sect of cultivation is It was about to be snatched away by other major sects of righteous cultivation such as Shushan, Tianshi Dao, and Putuoshan.
The Nanhai Sect is said to be the original Twelve Golden Immortals of Kunlun - Taoist Cihang, and the current Buddhist Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva left the Taoist tradition in the world. Therefore, it practices both Buddhism and Taoism. Its techniques are exquisite and its strength is also very powerful. It is a major sect of cultivation. One, commanding the seventy-two islands in the South China Sea.
There is also the Central Demonic Sect, the most mysterious of the five demonic sects. Legend has it that he is the ancestor of the demonic way. He transformed into the Taoism left by the Demon Lord Zizaitian in the world. His magic is strange and his whereabouts are erratic. No one knows how many people there are in the Central Demonic Sect. , where is the location of the mountain gate? I only know that any believer or elder from the Central Demon Sect is a person with advanced cultivation and superb magic. Lord Kurong, the guardian elder of the Central Demon Sect, is an example. It can be imagined. , the overall strength of the Central Demon Sect is so powerful.
There are other small and medium-sized sects that are attached to these large sects and do not want to be inferior to others. They choose to go overseas or even to some remote and sparsely populated places to establish mountain sects. Anyway, in this era, China, China and the world are The world is so vast that there is no place to survive.
As for the Middle-earth China, those places and countries outside the scope of Han rule, such as Tianzhu, as well as the northern cold plains, the Western Regions, and Europe where white people live, are all governed by local sects or spiritual sects. Except for Tianzhu and the major islands in Southeast Asia, In addition to practicing Buddhism, these cultivating forces either practice the way of faith, the method of cultivating God, or practice some unique barbaric practices and miraculous arts. In short, they are all kinds of strange and strange, especially now that the Central Government The empire is limited to civil strife, and all the major sects in the Middle-earth have focused their attention here, which has enabled the long-suppressed outside world of cultivation to develop, and it has shown a trend of hundreds of flowers blooming and competing for beauty.
The current distribution of forces between the immortal and mortal realms in China and China is basically like this. These situations are all shown on the energy model made by Yunlong himself.
